AfriSIG 2025: “Where policy, activism and African realities converge”
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The 14th annual African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG 2026), Accra, Ghana

The 2026 call for nominations is now open! You can access the complete call here.

The African School on Internet Governance (AfriSIG) is an initiative of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), the Information Society Division of the African Union Commission (AUC) and Research ICT Africa (RIA).

AfriSIG 2026 will be convened in Accra in the final quarter of 2026, in collaboration with the Africa Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Secretariat, hosted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, and in close partnership with the United Nations IGF Parliamentary Track and the host of the 2026 Africa IGF, the Ministry of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovation of Ghana. 

In addition to providing an overview of internet and digital policy, in Africa and globally, AfriSIG 2026 will focus on the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) in the African context. 

For more information on #AfriSIG26, contact the AfriSIG organisers, Anriette Esterhuysen and Peace Oliver Amuge, at afrisig@apc.org